Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ninive"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Ninive |
Registered port: | Laboe |
Base port: | Arnis |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | GALEASSE |
Type of ship: | Pommersche Galeasse |
Year built: | 1989 |
Yard: | Rickling, Laboe, GER |
Overall length: | 24.65 m |
Length (hull): | 18.50 m |
Breadth: | 5.05 m |
Draught: | 2.70 m |
Sail area: | 240 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 120 PS |
Engine: | MAN |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 05 Jan 2022
- built 1985-89 in Rickling in Schleswig-Holstein/GER, work was carried out by long term unemployed people through a German Government grant and by rehabilitate young offenders, completion and rigging of the ship in Laboe, GER.
- replica of a Pommeranian cargo sailing vessel from 1869, a so-called "Pommeranian Galeasse", vessels of this type transported cool, grain, sand and goods along the Pommeranian coast and in the Baltic Sea.
- sailed on the Baltic Sea for recreation and to experience the team spirit, registered port was Laboe whereas she usually lay in the Arnis, GER.
- took part in sailing events, e.g. Hanse Sail Rostock.
- 2002 foundation of the NINIVE e.V. association with the aim to enable teaching and learning for young people through working and sailing on the boat, the association purchased the "Ninive".
- in January 2004 collision with drift ice in the Strelasund, GER, damage to the hull could be repaired later after the pump was used.
- sank in the port of Eckernförde, GER in January 2015, unclear ownership led to the fact that she was only lifted and put ashore in December.
- scrapped in the summer of 2017 on the port area of ââEckernförde.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
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Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
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